The Caritas Malta Epilepsy Association, which the University of Malta’s Head of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Prof. Janet Mifsud, is a Committee Advisor of, held a Forum on Epilepsy on Saturday 2 March 2024, featuring a plethora of speakers who advocated for more patient public involvement in the matter.
Held at the Caritas Community Centre in Ħamrun, the Forum featured speakers such as Dr Francesca Sofia (President of the International Bureau for Epilepsy), Prof. Helen Cross from the Prince of Wales’ Chair of Childhood Epilepsy (President of the International League Against Epilepsy), Dr Doriette Soler, Ms Marica Cassar, Dr Anna Camilleri, Mr Matthew Attard, Mr Michael Alexa (the President of the Austrian Epilepsy Association), Ms Shirley Maxwell from Epilepsy Connections Scotland, Ms Lorraine Lally from Epilepsy Ireland and Mr Thomas Porschen from Germany Epilepsy Association, and among others.
Speaking to Newspoint, Prof. Mifsud said around 5,000 people in Malta live with the condition, and this alone justifies the advocacy for individuals with epilepsy to be appointed on medical decision-making boards, allowing for their specific challenges to be heard, recommended and implemented on a wider basis.
This was part of the yearly awareness raising campaign that is undertaken by the Association and organised around .
